burnt on food on a roasting tin

[normy]

What is the best way to clean the bits that have been burnt onto a roasting tin over a period of years?

[Scotman84]

Years !! ?? Get a new one !

[shaneystar2]

Quite ....throw it away and buy a new one ..even if you scrub all the burnt bits off with a Brillo or suchlike you will damage the surface and it will burn again.These things are cheap enough to buy .

[Alibobs]

A friend of mine gets ammonia from the chemist, puts the offending item in a bin bag and puts the ammonia in. Not sure what happens next but she got the tip from Kim and Aggie. I know ammonia is dangerous, perhaps buying a new one is wiser!

[snagged]

lol @ scotman 84!

[the.dr]

Years !! ?? Get a new one !

[billearly]

Dustbin!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rocky999]

Put it in the garden, upside down on the grass and in a few days the roasting tin fairies will of been round and cleaned it, of course, if you don't believe in them they won't come, in which case.........bin it and buy a new one !!!! :-)

[knownothingm]

put it on the stove and fill up with cheap cola. boil it for about an hour or so and the burn bits will wipe away easy

[janetsflower]

soak in a strong solution of soda crystals and hot water for couple of hours then should clean off quite easily. Alternatively if you have a dishwasher put it in with the stuff you clean the dishwasher with periodically

[Dustybun]

for a moment there billearly.......!! I shouldn't be so sensitive!

normy, you could try stewing up some rhubarb skins and off-cuts and spread it over the base of the tin and leave overnight. (Don't add custard!) :O)

[normy]

Thanks all...
I would bin it, but it is a stainless steel tin and quite expensive, and also I don't see the point in putting something unnecessarily into landfill!